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Not so long ago, the Eurovision Song Contest ended in the capital of Austria (Vienna) and the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest for 2015 have already been announced!

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It is worth noting that our singer was one of the last to perform - the 25th, and in total there were 27 finalists.

Who won Eurovision 2015

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Video of Polina Gagarina's performance at Eurovision 2015!

But we will never know whether it is true that Sweden won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 ahead of schedule...

On the evening of May 23 in Vienna the winner of Eurovision 2015 will be announced. This year, 40 countries sent their representatives to the popular song contest. For the first time, Eurovision has gone so far beyond the continent - Australia will make its debut in the competition.

The final will feature 27 compositions. Twenty of them were selected based on the results of the semi-finals (ten - in, ten - in). Representatives of seven more countries qualified directly for the finals - Austria (host of the competition), Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy and France (founding countries of the European Broadcasting Union), as well as Australia (as a debutant by way of exception and to popularize the competition).

Representatives of Belarus duet Yuzari and Maimunah, as is known, performed in the first semi-final, but in the top ten. The results of the performance of Belarusian performers and their final place will be known after the end of the final.

The channel will broadcast live "Belarus 1". You can vote for your favorite participants from both a landline and mobile phone.

1. Slovenia. Maraaya - Here For You

Maraaya is the name of the indie duo who make up married couple Marietki and Alyosha Vovk.

Alesh is a popular author and producer in the country, with more than three hundred compositions to his credit. It was his composition that was performed by Tinkara Kovacs at Eurovision last year. Ales also had a hand in the composition with which Slovenia debuted at Junior Eurovision in 2014.

Marjetka has extensive experience as a session vocalist. And their current duet with Alesh is already their third joint project.

The lyrics of the song Here For You were written by Charlie Mason, the author of the winning composition by Conchita Wurst and the composition with which Serbia came to the competition this year.

Ales Vovk believes that their composition will be an alternative to everything that is usually brought to Eurovision.

2. France. Lisa Angell - N'oubliez Pas

Lisa Angell is complicated life path. She began singing as a girl, but abandoned classical musical education, preferring vocal practice in the bars of the French Riviera. Then, due to circumstances, music ceased to be first on the list of life priorities for Lisa.

After a difficult period when Lisa needed the help of a psychotherapist, she begins to sing again - first in a gay bar in Nice, and after moving to Paris - in several shows, the producer of one of which helps her publish her debut album. By this time Lisa was already almost forty years old. Lisa Angell currently has three albums under her belt.

Lisa does not agree with the opinion that Eurovision is outdated or outdated; she considers this competition great, primarily because for many it is a window to the world.

The composition N'oubliez Pas was performed for the first time at the event, dedicated to memory victims of the First World War. But, Lisa herself says, this song is not about any specific war; rather, it can be called a call for peace.

3. Israel. Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy

16-year-old Nadav Gedj lives in Netanya, sings in youth group, and in the evenings he works as a waiter. His victory in the Eurovision brought him a ticket to television show The Next Star.

The song for Nadav was written by Daron Medali, who has extensive Eurovision experience, mixing Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and r’n’b motifs into a groovy cocktail.

The composition Golden Boy talks about young man, experiencing the pain of a broken heart from love and trying to find a way to relieve this pain.

4. Estonia. Elina Born & Stig Rasta - Goodbye To Yesterday

Famous Estonian musician and producer Stig Rästa found Elina Born on Youtube, where a very young Elina performed one of Christina Aguilera’s hits. This video became a pass to the show “Estonia is looking for a superstar.”

Stig Rästa himself has been in lineups eight times various groups tried to get to Eurovision and on the eve of the selection for the 2015 competition announced that this attempt would be his last.

Combining experience and youth gave results. Stig and Elina represent Estonia in Vienna with the song Goodbye To Yesterday.

5. Great Britain. Electro Velvet - Still In Love With You

The duo Electro Velvet consists of 35-year-old Alex Lark and 26-year-old Bianca Nicholas. The author of the song, David Mindel, suggested that they record the swing composition Still In Love With You and submit it to the national selection.

Alex - soloist The group Rolling Clones - the largest tribute show Rolling bands Stones, where he plays the role of Mick Jagger himself. In addition, he works with children and teenagers - teaching them music.

Bianca Nicholas could go far in cinema. She starred in a short film that won a prize at Cannes, then played a small role in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, but decided to devote herself to music. Bianca suffers from cystic fibrosis, a severe genetic disease that affects the endocrine glands and leads to respiratory dysfunction. Every day for Bianca is a fight against the disease. One makes a special breathing exercises, swallows up to 40 tablets and takes growth hormone.

6. Armenia. Genealogy - Face The Shadow

Genealogy is a vocal sextet consisting of performers Armenian origin, living not only in different countries, but also on different continents.

Essay Altunyan is from Paris, Tamar Kaprelyan lives in New York, Vahe Tilbyan lives in Addis Ababa, Stephanie Topalyan lives in Tokyo, Mary-Jean O'Doherty represents Australia, Inga Arshakyan represents Armenia proper.

The producers of the Public Television of Armenia were inspired to assemble just such a lineup by the competition slogan - Building Bridges. The maximum number of participants possible according to the Eurovision rules - six - was chosen from about 30 performers.

7. Lithuania. Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila - This Time

The idea of ​​combining Vaidas Bomil and Monika Linkytė into a duet was proposed by the author of the composition This Time, Vytautas Bikus. Vaidas is quite famous in Lithuania thanks to his successful performances in various musical television shows and participation in popular musicals. And Monica persistently tried for many years to get to Eurovision - first for children, then for adults. Her sixth (!) attempt was successful.

Its performers call the composition “This Time” “a love story that we will tell in three minutes.”

8. Serbia. Bojana Stamenov - Beauty Never Lies

For the sake of participating in Eurovision, Boyana agreed to change her plans - she intended to take a break from music and frequent performances for some time (Bojana has many concerts throughout the Balkan region), and finally wanted to lose weight. But she couldn’t resist the offer to represent her country in Vienna.

Serbia's chances of reaching the final are assessed very highly, because the author of the lyrics to the song Beauty Never Lies is the American Charlie Mason, who wrote the same Rise Like A Phoenix with which Conchita Wurst won last year. In addition, for the first time in history, Serbia will present a song at Eurovision not in Serbian, but in English language.

9. Norway. Mørland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me

Both Kjetil Mørland and Debra Scarlett were formed as individuals and musicians far from their homeland: Kjetil in England, Debra in Switzerland. Ketil with his English group played Britpop, Debra preferred jazz, soul and funk. But having decided to accelerate their solo careers, both returned to Norway.

In search of a distinctive female voice for his dark ballad, Kjetil Mørland remembered the charismatic girl from the show “The Voice” and sent her a text message inviting her to take part in the Eurovision selection. Joanna Bussinger (this is Debra Scarlett's real name) was skeptical at first about this idea, but after hearing the song itself she changed her mind.

And she did the right thing! The duo of Kjetil and Debra won the national selection.

10. Sweden. Måns Zelmerlow - Heroes

29-year-old Måns Zelmerlöw is a famous singer, actor and songwriter in Sweden. He has three to his name studio album ah, the first lines of the Swedish charts, leading roles in sold-out musicals.

Mons qualified for Eurovision on his third attempt. It should be noted that in Sweden they take Eurovision very seriously and the local qualifying competition Melodifestivalen constantly brings together very strong participants with very high-quality compositions. Suffice it to say that the songs with which Måns Zelmerlöw was not selected in previous attempts were taken into his repertoire by Philip Kirkorov (in the Russian version, of course, “The Queen” and “You will see everything for yourself”).

The composition Heroes was proposed for participation in the competition by the label that released Mons' third album.

11. Cyprus. John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done

21-year-old Yiannis Karayannis once dreamed of getting to Junior Eurovision, taking part in the qualifying competitions twice, but it didn’t work out. But I qualified for the adult Eurovision on the first try. At least half of this success belongs to the author of the song, Mike Connaris - the author of the most successful Cypriot composition at Eurovision to date (5th place in 2004).

Konnaris himself says that his song is so simple that anyone with a voice and a guitar can perform it, but it is in this simplicity that the beauty of the composition lies. Moreover, she perfectly matches the voice and image of Yannis.

Mike Connaris believes that Giannis Karayiannis will become a world-class star, but the performer himself does not look that far yet, devoting rare free time another favorite activity of mine - computer games. His team rose to 58th place in the World of Warcraft world rankings, which is certainly cool.

12. Australia. Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again

In Australia, 33-year-old Guy Sebastian is a superstar. All his albums have gone platinum, he has toured his continent more than once on sold-out tours, he is invited as a mentor judge on top-rated television shows, and his songs are heard in Hollywood films.

His work is well known to fans of r’n’b and soul on other continents; views of his hits on Youtube count in the millions.

Guy finds Australia's participation in the European competition a little strange, but at the same time notes the impressive scope of this show and the simply incredible viewership. Therefore, Guy accepted the offer of the SBS television channel to perform at Eurovision with delight.

Guy and his musicians wrote the song Tonight Again specifically for the competition.

13. Belgium. Loïc Nottet - Rhythm Inside

19-year-old Loic Notte gained fame in his homeland thanks to his successful performance in the third season of the TV show “The Voice”. The representative of Belgium at the show jumping in Vienna was not chosen by the audience, but by the RTBF channel. Moreover, the emphasis is placed not only on Loic’s vocal abilities.

The young man was entrusted with almost everything - he wrote the music, came up with the visual concept of the performance, choreography (Loic dances wonderfully), and also took part in the development of special effects.

In Belgium there is almost no doubt that Loic Notte's track, which does not fit into the Eurovision formats, will make it to the finals and will not get lost there.

14. Austria. The Makemakes - I Am Yours

The Makemakes became famous in their homeland after opening for Bon Jovi. Interest in the group was fueled by diligently spread rumors that the lead singer of the group, Dominique Murer, illegitimate son famous actor Christoph Waltz.

The musicians say about themselves that they are very simple guys who have known each other for a hundred years, love to walk and have fun, love music and women.

When their entry was compared to one of Coldplay's songs, the Austrian musicians responded that there are worse things in life than being compared to Coldplay.

15. Greece. Maria Elena Kyriakou - One Last Breath

Maria-Elena Kyriacou was born in Cyprus. She became famous only at the age of 29 thanks to her participation in the local version of the TV show “The Voice”. Now Maria-Elena spends approximately equal time in Greece and Cyprus. She is raising three children from a failed marriage to a famous sports journalist.

Maria-Elena Kyriacou calls participation in Eurovision her childhood dream, which is about to come true.

In Cyprus, Maria-Elena teaches vocals to young performers, and also represents the image interests of the famous cosmetic brand Oriflame.

16. Montenegro. Knez - Adio

Popular singer in the Balkans, Nenad Knezevic, who already has 11 solo albums, hundreds of concerts and participation in several top-rated TV shows, has twice tried to make it to Eurovision. The RTCG channel helped make his dream come true, refusing the national selection and choosing Knezevic by a strong-willed decision.

The song for Nenad was commissioned from the famous Serbian singer and author Zeljko Joksimovic, who himself participated in Eurovision twice (in 2004 and 2012). After much deliberation, the authors and producers decided not to change traditions - Nenad Knezic will sing in Montenegrin.

17. Germany. Ann Sophie - Black Smoke

In the national selection for Eurovision 2015, 24-year-old Anne Sophie took second place and did not have to go to Vienna. However, quite unexpectedly, the winner of the selection, Andreas Kümmert, announced his unwillingness to represent the country and transferred this right to Ann Sophie.

In Germany, almost no one knew Anne Sophie before. Her music career still at the very beginning. Immediately after school, she went to New York, where she attended Lee Strasberg's famous theater classes. There, in New York, she formed her first group, but this hobby did not last long. But the girl likes to compose songs. She has already released her debut album.

18. Poland. Monika Kuszyńska - In The Name Of Love

In May 2006, 26-year-old Monika Kuszynska, along with her friends from the band Varius Manx, was in a car accident, after which she found herself confined to a wheelchair.

The singer was able to return to the stage only four years later, although she did not give up music - she composed and recorded new songs. Her debut solo album came out in the summer of 2012. She also took part as a mentor in the TV show Battle of the Choirs.

Monica was inspired to write In The Name Of Love by the motto of the current Eurovision - Building Bridges. And Monica’s very participation in the competition returned Polish viewers’ interest in Eurovision.

Monika Kuszyńska was awarded the Golden Cross. The award was presented to her personally by the President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski, thus noting Monica's merits in organizing and promoting cultural and sports projects in support of people with disabilities.

19. Latvia. Aminata - Love Injected

22-year-old Aminata Savadogo was born in Riga. She owes her unusual appearance and name to her father, a native of Burkina Faso. The girl graduated from a music school with a degree in flute, but gave preference to vocals.

From the age of 17, she sang backing vocals for the country’s popular performer Janis Stibelis, with whom she took part in the national selection for Eurovision for the first time. Aminata made two other attempts on her own. Successful participation in several music television shows gave her the necessary experience, and this year the girl confidently overcame all stages of the Supernova competition, victory in which gave her the opportunity to represent Latvia in Vienna.

Aminata writes songs herself; her debut album has already been released. The composition Love Injected also belongs to her pen. As you can easily guess from the title, this is a love song. In music, the girl does not look for easy ways, so the melody of the song stands out sharply from those clichés that fill most of the songs at Eurovision.

20. Romania. Voltaj - De La Capat/ All Over Again

The band Voltaj is one of the first rock bands in communist Romania. The band played hard rock and heavy metal. But in Vienna it will sound much softer, since since the founding of the group in 1982, its composition has changed several times, and with it the style of the music has changed.

The competition composition De La Capat is dedicated to the acute social problem for Romania of children whose parents went abroad to work. There are about three million such children in Romania. Along with the release of the competition composition, a charity event was launched in the country to help children in difficult life situations.

21. Spain. Edurne - Amanecer

29-year-old Edurne García Almagro in 2010 was named the most sexy woman In Spain, according to FHM magazine, her boyfriend is Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea. The singer's creative portfolio includes five studio albums, and the sixth is already on the way.

To the heights musical fame Edurne followed a path trodden by many other performers - through children's competitions, teenage groups and popular TV shows, success in one of which resulted in a contract with a major Spanish label.

Edurne performs the competition composition in the Castilian dialect of Spanish.

22. Hungary. Boggie - Wars For Nothing

The Boggie group was founded by Boglarka Chemer. The name of the group was given by the abbreviated name of the lead singer. Boggy got the classic musical education, and calls the music performed by her group a mixture of styles - jazz, country, French chanson, folk

Boglarka is very saddened by what is happening in Ukraine today. This country is a neighbor of Hungary, Bogga has relatives living there. In the ballad Wars For Nothing, Boglarka tries to convey his feelings about modern world and the events taking place in them, which can sometimes dramatically change everything around. This song is not about the war in Ukraine, it is a song about a world in which such wars, unfortunately, are possible.

23. Georgia. Nina Sublatti - Warrior

20-year-old Nina Sulaberidze has very diverse interests. She not only actively sings, but has also been working as a model since the age of 14. Nina studies music technology at the Tbilisi Conservatory, interior design at the Academy of Arts, music school Teen Club - teaches music to children. And he still has time to prepare his second solo album.

Nina wrote the composition Warrior herself. English version The title of the song does not fully reflect its essence - it’s just that in English there is no such thing as “mother-man”, which is in Georgian. As you might guess, the song Warrior is dedicated to the women of Georgia.

24. Azerbaijan. Elnur Huseynov - Hour Of The Wolf

The musical career of 28-year-old Elnur Huseynov is like a roller coaster - the ascent is inevitably followed by the descent. In 2008, the young performer already performed at Eurovision - his duet with Samir Javadzadze took 8th place, which was quite good for Azerbaijan, which debuted at the competition.

But after the competition, Elnur disappears from sight for a long time. To return triumphantly in 2015. Having tried his luck in the Turkish version of the TV show “The Voice”, Elnur did not make a mistake - he not only won, but broke all possible records of this show, in the final collecting more than a million votes from viewers in his support.

For a song for Elnur Huseynov, Azerbaijani producers turned to a trusted address - to Swedish authors, who, as a large united team, composed a ballad about the struggle for personal happiness and a bright future.

If after the performance in Vienna Elnur’s career goes downhill again, the guy will not be lost - he not only knows how to sing, but also has the quite ordinary professions of a hairdresser and a dental technician.

25. Russia. Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices

Polina Gagarina is well known to those TV viewers who like to watch Russian music shows. Actually, winning the TV show “Star Factory-3” in 2003 brought Polina fame. Gagarina could also be seen in the shows “Two Stars”, “I Want to Meladze” and “Exactly the Same”. Songs for her were written by Maxim Fadeev, Igor Krutoy, Konstantin Meladze.

The composition A Million Voices was written specifically for Eurovision 2015. After listening to the final version of the song, the production team of the First Russian Channel began searching for a performer for this song. They chose Polina Gagarina “because she is a simple, sincere person, there is no falsehood in her,” noted the head of the Russian delegation at Eurovision, Yuri Aksyuta.

26. Albania. Elhaida Dani - I'm Alive

22-year-old Elhaida Dani has been singing since childhood, in her youth she took part in numerous competitions throughout the Balkans, won several times and became a laureate, but a real breakthrough in solo career I did when I went to Rome for the casting of the Italian version of the show “The Voice”. Elkhaida not only passed the selection, but also triumphantly won the show.

Elkhaida won the national selection for Eurovision with another composition, but its author unexpectedly refused to participate in the competition. The composition had to be urgently changed.

27. Italy. Il Volo - Grande Amore

This year Italy will be represented by the trio Gianluca Ginoble (baritone), Piero Barone (tenor) and Ignazio Boschetto (tenor), working in the genre of popular opera. The young people met each other at one of the television competitions, where they performed individually. The producers united them into a trio. Since then, Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio have been performing together.

They have already recorded several albums, which were of great interest to fans of popular opera. They were noticed by Barbra Streisand, who invited the Italians to her tour. And today Il Volo themselves, who are only in their early twenties, invite celebrities to perform parts in their compositions. So, on one of their albums you can hear Placido Domingo and Eros Ramazzotti.

The composition Grande Amore already has one big victory- at the festival in San Remo, which Italians consider a much more important event than Eurovision.

As always, our resource - website shows and talks about the most current events. How did the finalists perform? Who won Eurovision 2015? How did Polina Gagarina perform? - You can get answers to all these questions if you watch the video of the competition final on our website!

Bookmakers' odds for winning are as follows:

Bwin and Willian Hill believe that the popular project - Swede Måns Zelmerlöw - will win. The second place among the experts is taken by the Italian group Il Volo, and the third place is taken by Guy Sebastian from Australia. Russia with Polina Gagarina and Estonia with the duet Stig Rästa and Elina Born were not far behind. As a rule, bookmakers do not make mistakes, which means that one of these guys will win singing competition Eurovision this year.

Eurovision 2015 results - Who won?

Sweden won for the second time in three years. The winner's name is Måns Zelmerlöw, and he performed the cheerful and optimistic song Heroes. Russia and its representative, Polina Gagarina, took second place.

Illustration copyright Reuters Image caption Swedish singer Måns Selmerlöw was behind Russia's Polina Gagarina during the first part of the voting, but eventually won by a respectable margin.

The winner of the Eurovision music competition, held in Vienna, was the Swedish singer Måns Selmerlöw. Russian Polina Gagarina took second place with the song A Million Voices.

Third place was taken by the Italian trio Il Volo with the song Grande Amore ("Big Love"). All three countries were considered favorites from the very beginning of the competition.

Australia, making its debut at the competition despite being located outside of Europe, finished fifth. She was represented by Guy Sebastian, who is among the most popular singers in the country and was also considered one of the favorites of the competition.

The British duo Electro Velvet, consisting of Bianca Nicholas and Alex Lark, took fourth place from the bottom with the song I'm Still in Love with You. Last place Germany occupied.

Scandal with jury votes

The points awarded to each country are a combination of jury voting and television viewership.

As stated in a statement by the competition organizers, it was decided not to count the votes of the jury in Macedonia and Montenegro after consultation with the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, an independent observer of the voting process at the competition.

In these two countries, in the end, only the votes of television viewers were counted. The exclusion of Macedonia and Montenegro from the jury voting will be discussed in June, Eurovision organizers said in a statement.

Swedish singer Måns Selmerlöw's decision not to count the jury votes from Montenegro and Macedonia will not affect the winner of the competition, since his lead from second place on points is 62 points.

Without Ukraine

This year, 27 countries took part in Eurovision, which became a new record. At the same time, Ukraine refused to participate in the competition, in the east of which clashes between security forces and separatists continue. Kyiv explained its decision by a lack of funds and an inappropriate time for fun music competitions.

The final part of the competition included Slovenia, France, Israel, Estonia, Great Britain, Armenia, Lithuania, Serbia, Norway, Sweden, Cyprus, Australia, Belgium, Austria, Greece, Montenegro, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Romania, Spain, Hungary, Georgia , Azerbaijan, Russia, Albania and Italy.

The worldwide television audience for this year's competition was reported to be around 200 million. In 2016, the competition will be held in the capital of Sweden - Stockholm.